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Timothy Miller is a historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 of religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
 whose special interest is new religious movement
New religious movement

New religious movement is a term used to refer to a Religion faith or an ethical, spiritual, or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established Religious denomination, church, or religious body....
s and the history of communitarianism
Communitarianism

Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing in its opinion exalted forms of individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society....
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Miller received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
, where he is chairman of the Religious Studies Department.








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Timothy Miller is a historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 of religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
 whose special interest is new religious movement
New religious movement

New religious movement is a term used to refer to a Religion faith or an ethical, spiritual, or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established Religious denomination, church, or religious body....
s and the history of communitarianism
Communitarianism

Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing in its opinion exalted forms of individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society....
.

Miller received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
, where he is chairman of the Religious Studies Department.

Bibliography


  • Following In His Steps: A Biography of Charles M. Sheldon (1988) 281pp. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-537-2
  • The Hippies and American Values (1991) 181pp. University of Florida.
  • America's alternative religions (1995). State University of New York Press
    State University of New York Press

    The State University of New York Press , is a university press and a Center for Scholarly Communication. The Press is part of the State University of New York system and is located in Albany, New York....
    . ISBN0-7914-2398-0


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